How to pronounce teal
American English pronunciation
TEEL
- IPA
- /ˈtil/
- Syllables
- TEEL (1 syllable)
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What teal means
A dark blue-green color
In a sentence: My new bike is teal, the same deep blue-green as the lake.
Where it comes from: It first named a small, brightly colored duck. The color name, after the blue-green on the duck's head and wings, dates from 1923.
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Another meaning
A small wild duck
In a sentence: A pair of teal paddled among the reeds at the edge of the pond.
Where it comes from: It comes from Middle English tele and is probably very old, with relatives only in Germanic languages. The blue-green color was named after the colors on this duck's head and wings and was first recorded in 1923.
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